About
Darnell Christopher Williams is a NYC-based designer with over 9 years of experience, specializing in print, identity and website design. Darnell is currently seeking a long-term opportunity with a creative studio, agency or in-house team.
Resume
WORK EXPERIENCE
DCW Design
Freelance Design, 2000-Present
Ownership and operation of a freelance design firm that provides identity, print, and web design services.
Select work:
» Williams-Mosley – Logo, Identity, Website & Apparel design for high-end T-shirt company
» Luxe: Photo+Design – Logo, identity, & website design for photography Studio
» North Carolina Central University’s Project Safe – Logo design for peer education STI prevention program
» NC Lambda Youth Network – Brochure & flyer design for a statewide LGBT youth organizing non-profit
» Southerners On New Ground (SONG) – Brochure & website for regional multi-issue LGBTA networking non-profit
EDUCATION
2008 BA Art/Visual Communications, North Carolina Central University (Magna Cum Laude)
AWARDS/HONORS
2008 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence: Second in Show, North Carolina Central University Presents: New Horizons
2007 Art Study Tours: The African Diaspora and its influence on Dominican Art & Culture, NCCU’s Dominican
Republic Summer Program
2006 Member of Alpha Gamma Tau Honors Art Society, North Carolina Central University
2006 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence: Painting, North Carolina Central University Presents: New Horizons 2006
2005 Outstanding Student Leadership Award, North Carolina Central University, Division of Student Affairs
2005 Certificate for Outstanding Academic Achievement, North Carolina Central University
2004 Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
EXHIBITIONS
2008 ART-Aesthetic, Rhetoric, Trash (Solo Senior Show), NCCU’s Student Gallery
2008 North Carolina Central University Presents: New Horizons 2008, NCCU Museum of Art
2008 North Carolina Central University Chancellor’s Inaugural Exhibition, NCCU’s Student Gallery
2006 North Carolina Central University Presents: New Horizons 2006, NCCU Museum of Art
2005 North Carolina Central University Presents: New Horizons 2005, NCCU Museum of Art
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
» Adobe Acrobat
» Adobe Dreamweaver
» Adobe Flash
» Adobe Illustrator
» Adobe InDesign
» Adobe Photoshop
» Filemaker Pro
» HTML & CSS
» Mac & Windows Operating Systems
» Microsoft Office Suite
» QuarkXPress
Location
New York, NY
Specialties
- Illustration
- Interaction Design
Education
North Carolina Central UniversityWebsite
www.DCWdesign.net
